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March 18, 2014, 6:25 PM

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Sundar Pichai / The Official Google Blog:

Google extends Android to wearables with Android Wear project, launches developer preview — Sharing what's up our sleeve: Android coming to wearables — Most of us are rarely without our smartphones in hand. These powerful supercomputers keep us connected to the world and the people we love.

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Tweets: @carlfranzen, @laughingstoic, @tomwarren, @zpower and @panzer

Lior Ron / The Official Motorola Blog:

Motorola teases Moto 360 wristwatch powered by Android Wear, launching this summer — Moto 360: It's Time. — It's time for a watch that looks and feels great and gives you the information you need, when you need it. — It's time for Moto 360, a truly modern timepiece, designed by Motorola, powered by Android Wear.

Brad Molen / Engadget:

LG G Watch to launch next quarter with Android Wear — Over the last two years, LG has established a storied history of collaboration with Google. The two companies have worked together on three devices (two Nexus smartphones and a Google Play edition tablet) and today we're hearing about the fourth — a smartwatch.

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Google Announces Android Wear, Its Plan for the Smartwatch and Beyond

More: The Verge, AppleInsider and Android and Me

Washington Post:

NSA system can record 100% of a foreign country's calls, store every conversation for 30 days — NSA surveillance program reaches ‘into the past’ to retrieve, replay phone calls — The National Security Agency has built a surveillance system capable of recording “100 percent” …

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CNBC:

Apple CEO Tim Cook: New book on company is ‘nonsense’ — Apple's course after Steve Jobs — Yukari Kane, author of “Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs,” discusses her book where she recounts the final years of Steve Jobs at Apple and focuses on the state of the company under its current CEO Tim Cook.

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Tweets: @inafried and @jowens510

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:

Google plans to kill Google Voice in coming months, integrate features into Hangouts — We've heard that Google Voice is getting dragged to the trash can and most of its functionality will be incorporated into G+ Hangouts apps on both Android and iOS. This has already happened to an extent …

More: DSLreports, PC World, Pocketnow, TechCrunch, Droid Life, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocket-lint, BGR, Softpedia News and MobileBurn.com

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @arrington

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple introduces 8 GB iPhone 5c in five markets to help boost disappointing sales — Update: Apple has now added the 8 GB 5c to its European online stores. In the UK, the device is priced at £429 unlocked — a difference of £40 between it and the 16 GB model.

More: Inquirer, Computerworld, Engadget, The Verge, ReadWrite, Android Central, Mercury News, ZDNet, Softpedia News, Bloomberg, Examiner and Gigaom. Thanks:@zachorybenton

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Apple Says Lower-Cost iPhone 5c Should Help It in Growing Mid-Tier Market — Apple said its move to add a lower-cost iPhone 5c in some countries is designed to help the company take advantage of a booming market for mid-range smartphones. — The company on Tuesday started selling …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks and iLounge

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

Facebook's AI research group reports major improvement in face recognition software DeepFace — Facebook Creates Software That Matches Faces Almost as Well as You Do — Facebook's new AI research group reports a major improvement in face-processing software.

More: Facebook, Forbes, Slate, CNET, AllFacebook, TechCrunch, DailyTech, The Verge, Daily Dot, Gizmodo UK, Graham Cluley, Gigaom, ZDNet, Softpedia News and Business Insider. Thanks:@_trendspotter

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Viacom and Google settle 7-year-old YouTube copyright lawsuit, sources say no money changed hands — It's Over! Viacom and Google Settle YouTube Lawsuit — Viacom, which been suing Google over alleged copyright violations at its YouTube unit since 2007, has settled out of court, the two companies announced today.

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Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

Cloudera snatches a massive $160M to lead the business of big data — Image Credit: Ervins Strauhmanis/Flickr — Wowzers. Bloomberg's report about big data company Cloudera raising big money was no joke. — Today, Cloudera announced a heavy-duty $160 million round of funding.

More: Marketwired, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Gigaom and bizjournals

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Sonos introduces universal search across music services in new mobile controller app — Five years after launching its first iOS app, internet-connected speaker maker Sonos is finally getting ready to give its mobile experience a complete overhaul. The new controller app features …

More: The Sonos Blog, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, TUAW, Geeky Gadgets, The Next Web, Daring Fireball and Android Community

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Sam Altman, Y Combinator's new president, profiled as always-on advisor and forceful dealmaker — Y Combinator's New Head Startup Whisperer Sam Altman Is Quite a Talker — It's not crazy for Sam Altman's phone bill to rack up 6,000 talking minutes in a month. He talks a lot, to a lot of people.

Tom Conrad / Pandora Blog:

Pandora CTO Tom Conrad stepping aside, transitioning to advisory role — On a personal note... Back in the early days of Pandora, I was frequently the person who would post to our blog with news about the latest product enhancements and company milestones.

More: Pandora, TechCrunch, Re/code, VentureBeat and 24/7 Wall St.. Tweets: @om. See also Mediagazer

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

Oracle Q3 Results Fall Short Again — Shares of business software giant Oracle fell by more than four percent in after-hours trading after the company reported third-quarter earnings that were worse than what analysts had expected. — Oracle reported per-share earnings of 68 cents on revenue of $9.3 billion.

More: ZDNet, Mercury News, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, Reuters, USA Today, MarketWatch, MarketWatch, ValueWalk and CNBC

Selena Larson / ReadWrite:

Foursquare CEO: How We'll Tell You Where To Eat And What To Order — Dennis Crowley's vision for Foursquare extends way beyond the check-in. — The cofounder and CEO of Foursquare envisions a future where our mobile devices learn our behavior and provide suggestions for events …

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Vimeo Buys Video-Making App Cameo, a Few Months After Its Debut — Vimeo has bought Cameo, a video-making app that launched last fall. It's the second time in the last year that IAC's video site has acquired a video app. — Cameo is supposed to offer easy-to-use video-editing software …

More: The Next Web. Thanks:@srikardr. See also Mediagazer

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Xbox One launching in 26 new countries in September — Microsoft's Xbox One console was originally supposed to launch in 21 countries in November, but the company delayed the launch for eight European markets at the time citing localization issues. Today, Microsoft is revealing that its Xbox …

More: Xbox Wire, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, SuperSite for Windows, GeekWire, Siliconera, Geek.com, TechSpot, WebProNews, CNET and Softpedia News

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple re-introduces fourth-generation iPad in 16 GB model starting at $399, discontinues iPad 2 — Today it was rumored that Apple had plans to bring the previous-generation iPad back into production to replace the aging iPad 2. As expected, the fourth-gen iPad is now available once again …

More: Apple, Computerworld, BGR, AppleInsider, IntoMobile, The Verge, Re/code, iMore and Softpedia News

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Firefox 28 arrives with VP9 video decoding, Web notifications on OS X, HTML5 video and audio volume controls — Mozilla today officially launched Firefox 28 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Additions include VP9 video decoding, Web notifications on OS X, and volume controls for HTML5 video and audio.

More: TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Engadget, CNET, BetaNews and Softpedia News

Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:

Amazon to Ship Video-Streaming Device in April — Amazon.com Inc. will begin shipping its long-awaited video-streaming device in early April, through its website as well as retailers including Best Buy Co. and Staples Inc., said people familiar with the company's plans.

More: PC Magazine, DailyTech, Light Reading, iPhone Hacks and Ubergizmo. See also Mediagazer

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Former Googler's AltSchool Raises $33M From Founders Fund And A16Z To Reimagine Primary Education — AltSchool, a new startup aiming to transform K-8 education and schools, has raised $33 million in Series A financing led by Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz, with follow-on investment …

More: Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat and Mercury News

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Clinkle Revealed: Here's What the Embattled Startup Is (And Isn't) Building — For a company that hasn't publicly launched its product yet, Clinkle has received a ton of media coverage, not much of it flattering. — Here's a recap: Last week, the company's biggest hire to date …

Thanks:@delrey

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